State police: 10,000 pills, 12 guns, cash seized in Detroit raid
Michigan State Police arrested a felon and seized drugs, guns and thousands of dollars in cash in a raid Wednesday in Detroit, officials said.
A task force of state police troopers and police officers arrested a suspect at the residence they searched and learned he is a convicted felon, the agency said Wednesday on X. The suspect was taken to jail to await charges.
Officials said he may be arraigned as soon as Friday.
Detectives said the County of Macomb Enforcement Team, or COMET, also confiscated more than 10,000 pills, including fake fentanyl or methamphetamine pills, worth an estimated $50,000.
They also recovered 12 firearms, five of which had been reported stolen. Police said they also seized $35,000 in cash at the location.
The seizure is among the latest narcotics raids by a state police-led task force.
COMET executed a search warrant at a Highland Park home on April 15 and confiscated a half pound of fentanyl, a half ounce of cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, two assault rifles and two pistols, one a stolen firearm, they said. Authorities also recovered a handheld pill press, narcotics packaging materials, and about $10,000 in cash.
Two days before, COMET and Roseville police conducted a traffic stop on a man suspected of being part of a Metro Detroit-wide drug trafficking organization, they said.
Authorities said they seized about 2,000 pills that were a mix of hydrocodone, oxycodone, amphetamine, morphine and Xanax, more than 6 ounces of cocaine, more than an ounce of fentanyl, more than an ounce of crystal methamphetamine, nearly 2 pounds of marijuana, drug packaging materials and more than $20,000 in cash.
On March 27, the state police-led Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team conducted raids in Detroit and Ecorse. Detectives said they seized 259 grams of cocaine and 250 grams of fentanyl, all worth an estimated $30,000. They also confiscated seven firearms and two devices that convert semi-automatic Glock handguns into automatic handguns, in addition to more than $21,000 in cash and a Dodge vehicle.
This week, federal officials said there were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before โ the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
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